Want to show your love for PUNKS the COMIC, Consumerism, and T-Shirts? Why not try this (not) Hand Crafted T-Shirt. Featuring the cover of beloved cult comic Punks the Comic Summer Special #1, it’s the perfect way to show off how ripped you look in Khaki or Black.

Don’t miss this hot item (now available for pre-ordering with your local comic shop). It’s the perfect gift for yourself this xmas! Also available in December is the second PUNKS comic, Punks the Comic Christacular Special.

Here’s a 5-page preview of BloodRayne Volume One: Genesis
On sale: October 3, 2007, Digital Webbing Press

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BLOODRAYNE: GENESIS TPB
by Steven O’Connell, Christina Z, Kody Chamberlain, Romano Molenaar
Vampire blood. Human heart. Deadly intentions. Collecting the sold out first year of BloodRayne. First up, Agent Rayne must stop a secret Nazi plot to smuggle a Vampire King into the United States. She then comes face-to-face with the prince of a decadent and powerful Grecian vampire clan. Later Rayne investigates the disappearance of two Brimstone Society members, leading her to an ancient cemetery. Also learn the origin of Rayne’s spectacular blades. Based on the popular video game character.

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PUNKS: THE COMIC – Summer Special #1
By: Kurt Amacker, Columnist
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Grade: A

Punks: The Comic – Summer Special #1 finally lands after several months of anticipation, an early recommendation by Warren Ellis, and much praise lavished on Kody Chamberlain’s unique collage art. It tells a loosely constructed story of four roommates – Fist, Skull, Abe, and Dog – who thwart an alien invasion in between fighting amongst themselves. Chamberlain depicts the entire story in collage, with a stark visual style influenced by punk rock fliers and album covers. Joshua Fialkov’s story crackles with sight gags and absurdist humor.

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Sword Of Dracula Creator Jason Henderson continues his publicity tour with another great interview at NEWSARAMA.

NRAMA: Just to clarify, Sword of Dracula/Vampirella: Extended and Dangerous is actually an extension of the short story that appeared in two issues of Vampirella Magazine, correct?

JH: Right, hence the name. It’s actually more new than old, though. Greg and I did a short story for Vampirella Magazine where Ronnie teamed up with Vampirella. When Greg expressed that he wanted to come back to Sword of Dracula and do one-shots, we realized we should probably start with Vampi, since there was so much more we could do there. For instance we could make it more about Dracula.

What happens in SOD/Vampi: Extended and Dangerous is that Ronnie raids a train that Dracula is traveling on with his court; her intention is to steal one witness, one vampire who can give her information about a secret new operator in the SOD world. Getting the witness off the train is like Mission: Impossible, fighting with vampires on the top of trains with choppers swooping in. Remember that Drac’s powers as manifested here are that he controls blood, he can sense the slightest cut, and he can throw chains of blood from his own body at you. There are pages of the whole that appeared before, but overall it is a new story. After that, it’s straight on to more Greg & Jason done-in-ones.

To read the full interview head on over to HERE.

Mike Imboden has been doing the Fist of Justice world tour and one of his recent stops was the Baltimore Comic-Con a couple weeks ago.  I gotta say, I’ve been extremely impressed at how the tables are shaping up with each passing convention. The more issues of FOJ being published, the fuller the table gets.  I especially love the rack that displays all the issues in order.

I’m not sure where the FOJ co-creator will appear next, but you can bet it’ll be announced here. Look for the all-new Fist of Justice #1 in better comic shops this December.

Just when I hadn’t any plans to offer a variant for the upcoming Visions of BloodRayne book, I had a brainstorm. I’ve always wanted to see a cover like this, so it made sense an art of BloodRayne book should have it. This will be an extremely limited edition, probably like 200 copies and only available at conventions and through our online store.

Visions of BloodRayne will be in stores this December (just in time for Christmas). It’s a perfect bound artbook showcasing the best of the best in BloodRayne covers and pinups from Rayne’s 3 year run so far. We’re also squeezing in some unseen pieces to drool over. The book will also feature concept sketches before the artwork was finalized so you can see the development process, plus there’s plenty of space for your favorite artist’s signatures.

Reserve your copy with your local comic shop now!

The second issue of BloodRayne: Red Blood Run is just around the corner. Apparently at Diamond as I type this, so we’re looking at an estimated October 10th release date. October looks like a double dose of Rayne with the trade paperback hitting shops the week before on October 3rd.

The cover artist, Michael DiPascale, will become a familiar name amongst Rayne fans as he’s already done the incentive covers for the next 3 Rayne comics. Also catch Mike’s cover work on the upcoming Sword of Dracula/Vampirella crossover we have scheduled for November release.

BLOODRAYNE PRIME CUTS #1 (of 2)
by Chad Lambert, Chad Hardin, Jake Bilbao
Ever wonder what happened between the two groundbreaking BloodRayne video games? Prime Cuts offers two bloody tales that set the stage! First, the Cult of Kagan kidnaps a member of the Brimstone Society and guess who has to spring the trap? Next, a mysterious foe thought long-dead from the first game is back and he’s…robbing a convenience store?

DARK 48 #1 (of 2)
by Steven O’Connell, Daniel Indro, Joel Seguin
History will come to know it as DARK 48. It all started when a terrorist cell intercepted a designer Soviet plague – a virus genetically engineered to attack the Y Chromosome of males, inducing rage. In the ‘80s the Russians had hoped the Afghan rebels would turn on each other saving them lives and ammunition. Thankfully they never used it. An ex-Russian General brought it to the attention of the CDC. They confiscated it. The terror cell got wind of it and the rest is history. We follow an all-female strike team — Battle Corp Delta — whose mission is to traverse the contiguous lower 48 searching for survivors…and hopefully a cure. Written and created by original BloodRayne writer, Steven O’Connell.

Comicon’s: The Pulse has a great interview with Jason Henderson. In the interview Jason talks about his upcoming Sword of Dracula/Vampirella: Extended and Dangerous edition, set to hit the spinner racks this Fall, plus a Lost Boys retrospective and how important it is to give blood!

THE PULSE: Speaking of Dracula, how did he come to meet Vampirella in the upcoming Sword of Dracula/Vampirella: Extended and Dangerous?

HENDERSON: In this story, Ronnie Van Helsing is as usual the one who has most of the dealings with Dracula—Ronnie and Vampirella are competing for the same bounty, a vampire witness that Dracula has under protection. In this world, Dracula and the other Princes operate like Al Capone, occasionally having to move vampires under cover, fighting to steal them from one another if they possess valuable information.

You can check out the whole interview here.

Been a while since Fist of Justice has appeared on this page so we thought it’d be cool to tease you with a panel from a future story. A while back FoJ was slated to appear monthly in an upcoming Image Comics publication, but at the last minute, I pulled out because it didn’t make sense to just run one story, then another like a half year later.

We had Chad Hardin (DWP #29-30) illustrate a 5-pager and he did an awesome job on pencils and inks. Eventually this short story will appear in a future issue of the Fist of Justice ongoing series, so keep watch!